Tag: email
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Human risk management: CISOs’ solution to the security awareness training paradox
Tags: access, ai, awareness, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, email, identity, intelligence, malicious, mitigation, risk, risk-management, strategy, tool, trainingWhat is human risk management?: HRM is defined as a cybersecurity strategy that identifies, measures, and reduces the risks caused by human behavior. Simply stated, security awareness training is about what employees know; HRM is about what they do (i.e., their actual cybersecurity behavior).To be more specific, HRM integrates into email security tools, web gateways,…
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Human risk management: CISOs’ solution to the security awareness training paradox
Tags: access, ai, awareness, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, email, identity, intelligence, malicious, mitigation, risk, risk-management, strategy, tool, trainingWhat is human risk management?: HRM is defined as a cybersecurity strategy that identifies, measures, and reduces the risks caused by human behavior. Simply stated, security awareness training is about what employees know; HRM is about what they do (i.e., their actual cybersecurity behavior).To be more specific, HRM integrates into email security tools, web gateways,…
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SmarterMail Fixes Critical Unauthenticated RCE Flaw with CVSS 9.3 Score
SmarterTools has addressed two more security flaws in SmarterMail email software, including one critical security flaw that could result in arbitrary code execution.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-24423, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of 10.0.”SmarterTools SmarterMail versions prior to build 9511 contain an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the ConnectToHub API First seen…
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Real-Time Blackhole List How to Remove an IP From It?
Tags: emailOriginally published at Real-Time Blackhole List How to Remove an IP From It? by EasyDMARC. When emails start bouncing and people tell you … First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/real-time-blackhole-list-how-to-remove-an-ip-from-it-2/
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ShinyHunters Claims 14M Panera Bread Records Exposed in Data Breach
The dataset allegedly includes names, email addresses, postal addresses, phone numbers, and account-related details. The post ShinyHunters Claims 14M Panera Bread Records Exposed in Data Breach appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-panera-bread-data-breach/
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News brief: Email scams highlight need for employee vigilance
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366637664/News-brief-Email-scams-highlight-need-for-employee-vigilance
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NDSS 2025 Recurrent Private Set Intersection For Unbalanced Databases With Cuckoo Hashing
Session 10C: Privacy Preservation Authors, Creators & Presenters: Eduardo Chielle (New York University Abu Dhabi), Michail Maniatakos (New York University Abu Dhabi) PAPER Recurrent Private Set Intersection for Unbalanced Databases with Cuckoo Hashing and Leveled FHE A Private Set Intersection (PSI) protocol is a cryptographic method allowing two parties, each with a private set, to…
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I’m a tech-savvy zillennial who knows how to safeguard against hacking. Scammers still managed to get me | Caitlin Cassidy
Had I received any suspicious text messages claiming to be from my bank, the fraud team asked. Had I clicked on the links? My stomach dropped<ul><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>breaking news email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>The scariest part about getting scammed was not realising it was happening in the first place.Perhaps naively,…
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Microsoft Exchange Online to End Support for SMTP AUTH Basic Authentication
Microsoft has announced a revised deprecation timeline for SMTP AUTH Basic Authentication in Exchange Online, giving organizations an extended runway to modernize legacy email workflows. The updated schedule reflects customer feedback and adoption challenges, providing clearer milestones through 2027 before the authentication method is permanently retired. The new deprecation roadmap addresses real-world implementation barriers facing…
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Report: Attacks ‘Cascade’ From IT, OT to Patient Care
Trellix Says Email, Identify Failures Are Among Top Vectors in Health Compromises. Of the millions of threats detected in healthcare IT environments last year, email phishing, identity failures and device vulnerabilities were among the top vectors for non-clinical IT compromises – often cascading and disrupting patient care, said a new report from security firm Trellix.…
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Fighting The Next Evolution of Email Threats With Layered, AI-Driven Security
For decades, email has been the backbone of corporate communications and for precisely this reason, it remains the attacker’s preferred gateway into organisations. Phishing, Business Email Compromise (BEC), and supply chain attacks continue to increase, with adversaries using AI and compromised accounts to bypass classic protection mechanisms. The rapid evolution of threats presents significant challenges…
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APT Attacks Target Indian Government Using SHEETCREEP, FIREPOWER, and MAILCREEP – Part 2
Tags: access, ai, api, apt, attack, backdoor, backup, cloud, control, credentials, data, dns, email, exploit, github, google, government, group, india, infection, infrastructure, Internet, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, network, phishing, powershell, programming, service, tactics, threat, tool, update, windowsThis is Part 2 of our two-part technical analysis on the Gopher Strike and Sheet Attack campaigns. For details on the Gopher Strike campaign, go to Part 1.IntroductionIn September 2025, Zscaler ThreatLabz uncovered three additional backdoors, SHEETCREEP, FIREPOWER, and MAILCREEP, used to power the Sheet Attack campaign. In Part 2 of this series, ThreatLabz will…
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Over 6,000 SmarterMail Servers Exposed to Actively Exploited RCE Vulnerability
Tags: cve, cyber, data-breach, detection, email, exploit, rce, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilityApproximately 6,000 vulnerable SmarterTools SmarterMail installations globally are all exposed to an actively exploited remote code execution vulnerability. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-23760, poses an immediate threat to organisations relying on SmarterMail for email and collaboration services. The Shadowserver Foundation integrated CVE-2026-23760 detection into their daily vulnerable HTTP scans, flagging susceptible servers based on version…
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What It Doxxing? How It Happens, and How to Stay Safe?
In today’s digital world, our private information is more accessible than ever. The benefits of the internet pose a significant threat to our privacy and security. Doxxing is one such threat, which means publicly revealing private, sensitive, or identifying information about an individual without their consent. This information includes home addresses, emails, phone numbers, workplaceRead…
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You see an email ending in .eu.org. Must be legit, right?
Tags: emailAt first glance, an email address ending in .eu.org looks trustworthy. It feels institutional, maybe even official. Many people implicitly associate it with Europe, nonprofits, or established organizations. That assumption is wrong more often than you might expect. Because the domain looks legitimate, it has become attractive to fraudsters. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to…
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Unplugged holes in the npm and yarn package managers could let attackers bypass defenses against Shai-Hulud
Tags: authentication, bug-bounty, control, corporate, defense, email, github, guide, hacker, malicious, malware, microsoft, vulnerabilitydisabling the ability to run lifecycle scripts, commands that run automatically during package installation,saving lockfile integrity checks (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, and others) to version control (git). The lockfile records the exact version and integrity hash of every package in a dependency tree. On subsequent installs, the package manager checks incoming packages against these hashes, and if…
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APT Attacks Target Indian Government Using GOGITTER, GITSHELLPAD, and GOSHELL – Part 1
Tags: access, adobe, ai, antivirus, api, apt, attack, authentication, backdoor, backup, cloud, control, data, data-breach, detection, email, endpoint, github, google, government, group, india, infection, infrastructure, injection, Internet, malicious, malware, microsoft, network, phishing, service, spear-phishing, threat, tool, update, windowsIntroductionIn September 2025, Zscaler ThreatLabz identified two campaigns, tracked as Gopher Strike and Sheet Attack, by a threat actor that operates in Pakistan and primarily targets entities in the Indian government. In both campaigns, ThreatLabz identified previously undocumented tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). While these campaigns share some similarities with the Pakistan-linked Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, APT36, we…
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Fake Microsoft Teams Billing Phishing Alerts Reach 6,135 Users via 12,866 Emails
Scammers are abusing Microsoft Teams invitations to send fake billing notices, with 12,866 emails reaching around 6,135 users in a phone-based phishing campaign. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-microsoft-teams-billing-phishing-alerts-emails/
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Fake Microsoft Teams Billing Phishing Alerts Reach 6,135 Users via 12,866 Emails
Scammers are abusing Microsoft Teams invitations to send fake billing notices, with 12,866 emails reaching around 6,135 users in a phone-based phishing campaign. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-microsoft-teams-billing-phishing-alerts-emails/
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Indian Users Targeted in Tax Phishing Campaign Delivering Blackmoon Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an ongoing campaign that’s targeting Indian users with a multi-stage backdoor as part of a suspected cyber espionage campaign.The activity, per the eSentire Threat Response Unit (TRU), involves using phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department of India to trick victims into downloading a malicious archive, ultimately granting the threat First…
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SyncFuture Campaign Abuses Enterprise Security Tools to Deploy Malware
A sophisticated, multi-stage espionage campaign targeting Indian residents through phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department. The attack chain, tracked as the >>SyncFuture Espionage Campaign,<< weaponizes legitimate enterprise security software as its final payload, demonstrating how threat actors repurpose trusted commercial tools to establish persistent, undetectable access to victim systems."‹ The campaign begins with targeted…
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SyncFuture Campaign Abuses Enterprise Security Tools to Deploy Malware
A sophisticated, multi-stage espionage campaign targeting Indian residents through phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department. The attack chain, tracked as the >>SyncFuture Espionage Campaign,<< weaponizes legitimate enterprise security software as its final payload, demonstrating how threat actors repurpose trusted commercial tools to establish persistent, undetectable access to victim systems."‹ The campaign begins with targeted…
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New Phishing Attack Exploits Vercel to Host and Deliver Remote Access Malware
A new phishing campaign abusing the Vercel hosting platform has been active since at least November 2025 and is becoming increasingly sophisticated. The core trick is “inherited trust.” Attackers send short phishing emails with financial or business themes such as unpaid invoices, payment statements, or document reviews. The real hook is not the text, but…
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Gmail Spam Filter Breakdown Affects 1.8B Users
The disruption began Saturday (5am Pacific time, Jan .24) affecting approximately 1.8 billion Gmail users worldwide with widespread email misclassification. The post Gmail Spam Filter Breakdown Affects 1.8B Users appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-gmail-spam-filter-breaks/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 560 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Osiris ransomware emerges, leveraging BYOVD technique to kill security tools U.S. CISA adds a flaw in…
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Researchers Uncover Multi-Stage AiTM Attack Using SharePoint to Bypass Security Controls
Microsoft Defender researchers have exposed a sophisticated adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing campaign targeting energy sector organizations, leveraging SharePoint file-sharing services to bypass traditional email security controls and compromise multiple user accounts. SharePoint Abuse for Initial Access The attack began with a phishing email sent from a compromised trusted vendor’s email address, embedding SharePoint URLs that mimicked…
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NDSS 2025 Attributing Open-Source Contributions Is Critical But Difficult
Tags: attack, awareness, conference, cryptography, email, github, Internet, malicious, network, open-source, programming, software, supply-chainSession 9D: Github + OSN Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Jan-Ulrich Holtgrave (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Kay Friedrich (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Fabian Fischer (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Nicolas Huaman (Leibniz University Hannover), Niklas Busch (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Jan H. Klemmer (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information…
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Microsoft Flags Multi-Stage AitM Phishing and BEC Attacks Targeting Energy Firms
Microsoft has warned of a multi”‘stage adversary”‘in”‘the”‘middle (AitM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting multiple organizations in the energy sector.”The campaign abused SharePoint file”‘sharing services to deliver phishing payloads and relied on inbox rule creation to maintain persistence and evade user awareness,” the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team said. First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Microsoft 365 hit by outage, preventing access to emails and files
An hours-long outage is preventing Microsoft’s enterprise customers from accessing their inboxes, files, and video meetings. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/microsoft-365-hit-by-outage-preventing-access-to-emails-and-files/